| 100% | POSTWAR | 7 | After the fighting: 2 wds. |
| 70% | NOTREDAME | 9 | The Fighting Irish's school: 2 wds. |
| 68% | NOTREDAME | 9 | Home to the Fighting Irish: 2 wds. |
| 66% | TOOLATE | 7 | After the deadline (2 wds.) |
| 66% | ELNINO | 6 | Climate pattern named after the baby Jesus: 2 wds. |
| 66% | IDO | 3 | Positive response after the vows are read: 2 wds. |
| 66% | IWIN | 4 | Victor's words after the final move: 2 wds. |
| 64% | THELEFTOVERS | 12 | New HBO drama set after the Rapture: 2 wds. |
| 60% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 57% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Round after the Elite Eight in 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | DAVIDNJOKU | 10 | Nigerian American NFL tight end who was named to his first Pro Bowl after the 2023 season: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ATWAR | 5 | Fighting: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ATIT | 4 | Fighting: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ADIN | 4 | Point after the server wins at deuce, in tennis (2 wds.) |
| 55% | UNDEFEATED | 10 | Status 40-Across retained after the May 2 fight |
| 55% | AFTERHENRY | 10 | American writer Joan Didion's 1992 book of essays written after the death of her friend and editor Robbins: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ANCHORSAWEIGH | 13 | 1945 film starring Frank Sinatra, where two sailors go for a Hollywood vacation (also the fight song for US Naval Academy): 2 wds. |
| 52% | ATWAR | 5 | Actively fighting: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ARTICLEI | 8 | Section of the Constitution after the preamble (2 wds.) |
| 49% | OER | 3 | Word sung quite often after the phrase "perilous fight" |
| 49% | ATWAR | 5 | Fighting fiercely: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ONEAM | 5 | Hour after midnight: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ADIN | 4 | Score after deuce: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ONEPM | 5 | Hour after noon: 2 wds. |
| 49% | UPA | 3 | Put ___ good fight: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ATBAT | 5 | Facing the pitcher: 2 wds. |
| 49% | GASUP | 5 | Fill the tank: 2 wds. |
| 49% | INDC | 4 | Visiting the capital: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SWEEPUP | 7 | Clean the floor: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ATSEA | 5 | Sailing the ocean: 2 wds. |